Laboring on Labor Day Weekend…

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Up in this neck of the Canadian woods, our kids don’t go back to school until after Labor Day, (or as we Canadians spell it, Labour Day.)

So for me, my Labor Day weekends are a mix of getting ready for the school year and trying to fit in my last few moments of summer vacation.

This Labor Day weekend marks the end of my early parenting days. My almost-five-year-old Olivia is starting Kindergarten on Tuesday. (Susan’s youngest daughter Sophia is also starting Kindergarten this year.)

Along with buying back to school outfits and checking off school supply lists, this past week and this weekend I am FINALLY painting Olivia’s room.

My poor, sweet, second child has been living in the room that was once her big brother’s nursery since she was born. Redecorating her room was on my to do list for the past five years, but somehow it just didn’t get done. And it has driven me crazy the entire time.

But I just couldn’t let my little girl head into kindergarten with her room still painted with the Winnie the Pooh mural that my friend painted a decade ago, a few weeks before my son Jackson was born. No — my Olivia needs a PINK room!

I have primed the walls, I had to do two coats, (as you see from the photo above one coat wasn’t enough,) and this weekend comes the pink. In fact, after I hit publish, I will be prying open the can of “Candy Tuft” and rolling on the first coat…

What Are You Doing This Labor Day Weekend?

What is on your weekend schedule?

Make sure to snap some photos and come back on Monday and share them.

Written by Janice Croze, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom.

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